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Welcome to the Two Hundred Fiftieth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 95. Today we focus on lost tefillin and the Torah of accesibility. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Ninth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 94. In this episode we consider rabbinic discourse: Keeping your own ground (respectfully). Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Eighth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 93. Toda we focus on how walls can create connections. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, Colombia. After discovering the Jewish roots of his family, he embarked on a spiritual journey […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Seventh episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 92. Today we look at the flexibility of space: when nine people in one room and one in another might make a minyan or not. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Sixith episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Juan Mejia looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 91. In this episode we look at the paradox of rabbinic space: is space infinitely flexible or does physicality determine the uses of a space. Rabbi Juan Mejia was born in Bogota, […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fifth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 90. What’s the worst answer you can receive to your question? How about not receiving an answer? And, what if, like Andy Samberg and Akon, “You’re on a Boat (on Shabbat)? David […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Fourth episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 89. Today we ask focus on the fact that memory is a cornerstone of the Talmudic enterprise. If a sage can’t remember the tradition, he’s in trouble. So what happens when memory […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Third episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 88. The question in today’s episode is “May I spill waste water on Shabbat?” Does the answer change when the weather changes? David Wise has been rabbi of the Hollis Hills Jewish […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty Second episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 87. This episode asks what do we do when the words in the Gemara seem to merely echo what the Mishnah just said? How would modern scholarship deal with such repetition? David […]
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Welcome to the Two Hundred Forty First episode of Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi David Wise looks at Masechet Eruvin Daf 86. Today we ask Why did the sages of the Talmud fawn over rich people? Is there something about visiting your married children on Shabbat that could lead to eruv issues? David […]
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